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Linnéa Engström
Linnéa Engström (born 2 April 1981) is a Swedish Green Party (Sweden), Green Party politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019. During her time in parliament, she served as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Fisheries. Biography Engström has a master's degree in political science from the Swedish Defence University, Swedish Defense University. Before she became EU parliamentarian she worked as an equality coordinator in the Green Party and has been a member of the Green Forum Board. She has worked with development assistance aimed at Russia, Georgia (country), Georgia, Belarus and Eastern Europe. Before the European Parliament elections in 2014, Engström stood in fifth place on the Green Party's list. In the election, the Green Party received four mandates, and she became the first replacement for this party. After the Isabella Lövin has been appointed as minister, Linnéa Engström became a member of October 2014. Engström was the first Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delegates. They may also be known as observers when a new country is seeki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
